The book, 'Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - Portrait of a Multi-faceted Legend of Dravidians', was received by former judge of Madras High Court Justice A K Rajan, 'The Hindu' Managing Director N Murali and businessman Nalli Kuppusami. The book in English was meant for international circulation, according to a statement from the Raj Bhavan here.

The editors of the book Delhi Sampath, Dr S Kameswaran and P Ramamurthy presented a shawl to the Governor.